Love John 13

WHY DO
WE LOVE?
WHY DO/did
You fall in
LOVE?
 HAVE YOU
EXPERIENCE
LOVE @
FIRST SIGHT?
Many make sight as the
basement of love but
ends up
into deep hurts.
 How do we
make love a
dominating
characteristic
of our lives?
 I. MAKE
II.LOVE
A PRIORITY
"For this is the message you
have heard from the
beginning: we should love
one another."
(1 John 3:11)
"And if I donate all my goods
to feed the poor, and if I give
my body in order to boast but
do not have love, I gain
nothing" (1 Cor. 13:3).
 "'Love the Lord your God with all
your heart, with all your soul, and with
all your mind.' This is the greatest and
most important commandment. The
second is like it: 'Love your neighbor
as yourself'"
(Matt. 22:37-39).
 Every thought, response, and
act of goodwill must first pass
through the fine filter of love,
or it means nothing at all.
 But why love? What
makes it so important?
 II.UNDERSTAND
THE IMPORTANCE
OF LOVE
 "All the Law and the
Prophets depend on these
two commands"
(Matt. 22:40).
"If you love Me, you will
keep My
commandments" (John
14:15).
 I give you a new
commandment: love one
another. Just as I have loved
you, you must also love one
another"
(John 13:34)
"Love does no wrong to a neighbor. Love,
therefore, is the fulfillment of the law"
(Rom. 13:10).
God established love
as the motivation for
obedience.
 That kind of love
makes a difference.
Christ has no hands,
but our hands; no
feet, but our feet.
 We are his
ambassadors,
representing him to the
world.
And when we love as
he has loved us,
it will make the
difference.
People will notice.
Christian love is
essential.
People will
notice.
Christian
love is
essential.
III. EMBODY THE
DISTINGUISHING
NATURE OF LOVE
"By this [love] all people
will know that you are My
disciples, if you have love
for one another"
(John 13:35).
 It is as though Jesus has
given the entire world the
right to judge whether or
not one is His follower
simply on the basis of
their love for fellow
human beings.
 The vibrant
virtue of love
distinguishes
the Christian.
 From the very
beginning, God's
plan was to develop
a people that
reflected his
character. And what
is his character?
 "The
medicines may
be the same but
the hands are
different.
Love!
 "God is love, and the one who remains in
love remains in God, and God remains in
him. In this, love is perfected with us so
that we may have confidence in the day of
judgment; for we are as He is in this
world"
(1 John 4:16-17).
 Believers are God's
advertisement to a watching
society as to how
individuals could best live
in that society.
 That kind of love makes a difference.
Christ has no hands, but our hands; no
feet, but our feet. We are his ambassadors,
representing him to the world. And when
we love as he as loved us, it will make the
difference. People will notice. Christian
love is indispensable.
IV. DEMONSTRATE
THE
VIRTUE OF LOVE
A. LOVE
VALUES
THE
OTHER
PERSON
Love acts for the
benefit of others.
 love "is the spirit in the
heart that will never seek
anything but the highest
good of its fellow man."
God loved us not because
we had something to offer
him, but rather because He
had something to offer us.
 "For God loved the world in this
way: He gave His One and Only
Son, so that everyone who
believes in Him will not perish but
have eternal life"
(John 3:16).
B. Love is vulnerable
to the other
 love opens up its life to
another person. It goes beyond
sentimental feelings. It breaks
down barriers. It exposes the
heart.
 "He came to His own,
and His own people did
not receive Him"
(John 1:11).
 His heart was
broken. And yet, He
forgave them.
 Christian love is the
most costly investment
you will ever make.
C. S. Lewis
 "To love is to be vulnerable. Love
anything, and your heart will certainly
be wrung and possibly broken. If you
want to make sure of keeping it intact,
you must give your heart to no one,
not even to an animal.
 it will become
unbreakable,
impenetrable, and
hopeless.
 C. Love entails
(requires) a cost
 It gets its hands dirty. It
takes a chance. It goes out
on a limb. It takes a gamble.
Love makes a statement and
leaves a legacy.
 It does the unexpected,
surprising, and stirring. It
performs acts that steal the
heart and leaves an impression
on the soul. Often these acts are
never forgotten.
 But Christian love inevitably
carries costs. Even when the cost is
high, we can nevertheless count on
God to bring fulfillment to His
followers.
 True love always
costs. If there is no
cost there is no love.
 In the end,
the goal of
the Christian
life is love.
The measure of our maturity
is our love for God and our
love for others. If we fail in
our love we have missed
what it means to be a
Christian.
"Can we
do it?"
Can we love
others in this
way?
"No." We cannot
love others like
Christ - without
Christ.
 Place your trust in
Christ and let Him
teach you how to love
as He has loved you.
TO LOVE IS TO SACRIFICE;
TO LOVE IS TO BE VULNERABLE;
TO LOVE IS TO BE SELFLESS;
AND TO LOVE IS TO FORGIVE NO
MATTER HOW HURT YOU ARE IN HUMAN
WAYS BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT CHRIST
WANTS US TO BE AND THAT IS WHAT WE
ALREADY RECEIVED.